“What’s the story behind this hiking trail?”

Lu Ban activated [True Vision] and looked over.

The forest was normal, but there seemed to be something wrong with the road, pollution spreading over the bricks and flowing into the surrounding humus ground.

The pollution is like it's flowing down from the top of a mountain, and there's no telling what's at the end of the road.

"Although everyone has their own unique skills, there are a few rules that are best followed."

He Chong said, he thought about it and decided to tell it all.

"First of all, don't trust anyone you meet on the trail. Any attempt to get you off the trail is dangerous."

"Secondly, the number of steps on the hiking trail is one thousand, no more, no less. If you have reached your destination before one thousand, keep going. If you have not reached your destination after one thousand, stop and wait."

“Finally, don’t look back.”

Lu Ban remembered it silently.

"You've told me so much, aren't you afraid that I'll be the first to arrive?"

He asked again.

"...As long as someone like Dai Yuanyang doesn't become a Xuanjun, nothing else matters."

He Chong replied.

"Then why don't you just fire him?"

Lu Ban asked again.

"He is one of the nine classes, a member of the Zhaixing Sect. According to the rules, we are not qualified to do this unless someone from the Dai family expels him."

Du Ming explained.

"He doesn't follow the rules, so there's no need for you to be so persistent. Besides, he might even try to trip you up and cause you harm."

Lu Ban felt that according to modern people's thinking, at this time, you broke the rules first, and it is reasonable for me to clean you up so as not to let the violators stay.

"Do you think that with all of us present last night, Dai Yuanyang could have walked out of the Jiangcheng Theater if he really wanted to?"

Du Ming asked back.

"Kill him and make it look like an accident. Eliminate this guy. No one will know except us who are present. Do you think it's okay to do this?"

Lu Ban did not answer.

According to the thinking of the Chosen One, it is reasonable to do so.

"Indeed, if you really do this, outsiders won't know, but there are always some things that you have to have a clear conscience."

Du Ming also pointed upwards.

Lu Ban looked up and saw only a field of green.

"There is a God above your head. God is watching what you do. You can't escape it."

He Chong added.

"People like us, who have unique skills, can easily go astray if we don't have a scale or a ruler in our hearts. You are still young, so we, the seniors, are here to give you a few words of warning."

He pointed to the hiking trail again.

"You go first, we will follow you. Remember, don't look back."

Lu Ban glanced down the mountain and saw a small village with smoke rising from chimneys. That was probably where the abandoned town was originally located. He glanced towards the river, but couldn't see clearly here, so he didn't know where the amusement park was.

He looked at Du Ming and He Chong again, then went up the stairs.

Without looking back, Lu Ban just felt that things behind him became much quieter.

His [True Vision] looked forward, and the pollution became more and more concentrated.

There are a thousand steps, and it normally takes more than twenty minutes to walk up them, which is not too long.

Lu Ban counted the steps in his mind and looked at the road ahead.

The silence all around made people feel uneasy.

Under normal circumstances, the mountain road is not quiet, with birds and insects chirping. But now in the green woods, there is not a single sound, it is peaceful and quiet.

Lu Ban soon discovered that even the sound of his own footsteps had disappeared. He felt that he was not stepping on stone steps, but on something soft. The touch was like stepping on the rotten, soft corpse of some creature.

He lowered his head and saw that the ground beneath his feet was made of blue-gray bricks and stones, not mud or anything more disgusting and terrifying.

However, in the scene behind Lu Ban dimly reflected by the bricks and stones, there seemed to be a dark shadow.

It's like... a person!

Lu Ban saw the unnatural shadow on the bricks and stones move and soon disappear from his sight. He looked up and forward, and the road seemed to have become longer.

There seemed to be fog all around, the air became sticky and humid, the hot and humid air penetrated into the clothes and quickly soaked them, the wet fabric sticking to the skin was so uncomfortable.

Suddenly, Lu Ban felt a strange sound coming from behind him.

On this quiet mountain road, any sound is difficult to escape the ears.

The sound was like breathing, accompanied by light footsteps, approaching Lu Ban little by little, little by little.

call--

Lu Ban could even feel the breath that was so close to him passing through the space and blowing on his back, bringing a cool chill.

He stopped.

"Why did you stop?"

A clear voice sounded behind him, asking Lu Ban with a hint of sarcasm.

"No need to look back, I don't mean to hurt you."

The voice gradually moved from behind Lu Ban and came to his side.

Lu Ban took a look and saw Tang Que, who was wearing a dark cheongsam, the only female among the Nine Clan's descendants.

"Mr. He told me not to trust anyone."

Lu Ban spoke frankly.

"Haha, indeed, I didn't believe your plan either."

Compared to her cold appearance, Tang Que's personality is actually quite cheerful. In fact, in this era, such a straightforward personality is rare in women.

"He Chong and Du Ming asked you to come up first?"

Tang Que asked again. She and Lu Ban walked forward side by side. He could catch a glimpse of her expression out of the corner of his eye. It was very calm.

"right."

Lu Ban nodded, and at the same time, a few drops of turbid sweat dripped from his hands.

Sweat has been dripping from Lu Ban's body since just now, and he looks like he is sweating profusely.

In fact, all this sweat is from Lu Ban.

Lu Ban used [Melting] to drip part of himself onto the mountain trail.

Behind him, Lu Ban’s face appeared on a drop of sweat, and he looked forward.

There was no trace of Tang Que beside Lu Ban at all!

Lu Ban seemed to be moving forward side by side with the air.

He thought about it and let another drop of sweat turn back.

The next moment, the sweat evaporated instantly and disappeared.

A moment later, the drop of sweat appeared at the foot of the mountain and quickly dried up under the sun.

"If you turn back, you will be sent down the mountain?"

Lu Ban asked softly.

“This is the most common one.”

Tang Que seemed to find Lu Ban very interesting and explained.

"In fact, there is no definitive answer to what happens after they return. Some people go straight back down the mountain and start over, while others disappear and never appear in the world again."

"Is it so dangerous?"

What Lu Ban meant was that it was a bit too much to include such a dangerous project in the battle for Xuanjun.

For example, in sports competitions, events that could easily lead to deaths are generally not included, as they are purely a waste of time.

"Don't worry about it. Xuanjun's position is not something that ordinary people can hold. It's better for those who are not firm in their character to go back early."

Tang Que was indifferent.

"Why does Miss Tang want to be a Xuanjun?"

Lu Ban asked again.

He heard the woman next to him take a breath.